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Making the World a Better Place
Articles on making the world a better place, following your spiritual beliefs, living by your spiritual practices.

On Being Human
Articles and essays on being human.

Considering Life's Bigger Questions
Articles and essays considering life's bigger questions.

Spiritual Lessons from Real Life
Articles and stories containing spiritual lessons from real life.

The Examined Life
Thoughts and Essays on the Reality of Living -- The Real Life Lines Weblog
Articles inspired by real life thoughts and experiences.

The Sound of a Most Reluctant Silence
by Rebecca Brents
Article on dealing with loss, grief, gratitude, friendship and silence -- simultaneously.

Reasons Why I Blocked You From My Twitter Feed
by Rebecca Brents
Reasons why I blocked someone from my Twitter feed.

Mindful Driving
by Rebecca Brents
Is drive-time a hassle for you? Are you usually in a hurry, hustled along by the fear (or certain knowledge) that you're going to be late to wherever you're going ... and once again, a very public and essential-feeling part of your life is out of control? Surprising, isn't it, how something so small, so simple, can leave you tied up in knots and wrung-out emotionally before you even start your day.

So How's Life Where YOU Live?
by Rebecca Brents
A semi-serious, semi-humorous piece about life in New Mexico -- one of America's greatest undiscovered treasures.

No Less than You Deserve
by Rebecca Brents
As I've said before, and will undoubtedly keep on saying, life is about changes. Meeting them, managing them, learning from them, and getting past them. Some are wonderful and welcome. Others ... not so much.

C for Courage ... and for Caution
by Rebecca Brents
I witnessed an episode of valor and honesty today between two people -- only one of whom I know well. It was poignant and affecting in ways hard to describe in other words. I wouldn't call it heart-warming. But it was brave and remarkable and deserving of respect. It was also instructive -- asking me to look at some of my own choices ... and maybe make different ones the next time something similar comes up for me.

When All at Once, There Is Only Yesterday
by Rebecca Brents

The Genesis of the Nobel Prize
by Rebecca Brents

The Thoughtlessness of Three-Day Week-ends
Robbing Our Sacred Days of their Specialness
by Holly Reith
Thoughts on how we lose the spiritual meaning of holidays when we turn our holy days into three-day weekends.

Seasons
by Serenity Chappell
Watching the change of seasons brings an extra dimension of spiritual meaning to real life.

Considering What You Owe Others
Considering What You Owe Yourself
by Annabelle Leigh
Lately life has brought me a lot of messages about the need for balance between 'doing your own thing,' following your bliss, being independent and doing what's right for you ... versus meeting your responsibility to others, participating in your relationships as a positive and healthy support asset -- for yourself and others, honoring commitments you made that others are depending on, and making fair choices that -- as the Hippocratic oath says --

Examples of Embodied Spirit
by Charlie Badenhop
An account of personal transformation achieved during a dialogue about beliefs and their effect on a person's mind, body and thoughts.

Act Two
by Steve Goodier
Henri Dunant founded the International Committee of the Red Cross. A story of how this came about.

Behind Every Business is a Life
by Helaine Iris
I'm going to share a very personal story. My sister-in-law (who was a devoted entrepreneur herself) was recently killed in an automobile accident -clearly a tragic event that has changed me forever. As part of the healing process I'd like to share with you some of the valuable lessons I'm learning as both as a business owner and as a human being.

Love Tests of Spring
Discover the Love Lessons I Learned
From a Cardinal and His Own Worst Enemy
by Hadley Finch
This morning I woke to the sounds of spring. The sun had barely risen when a cardinal repeatedly banged on my window. Bang, bang, bang--all day long. I'd almost forgotten how this wacky bird did the same thing last spring, when I was too busy writing my novel to ask myself an important question: What is this bird trying to tell me?

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